After 25 screening interviews and 4 callbacks i have not had a single person ask me about strengths/weaknesses. it is such a trite and tacky question, i think an organization would lower in my estimation if they asked me it. i mean seriously what are they trying to discover from your answer, how well you prepare answers to stereotypical interview questions? because that is really all it reveals. for my part, OCI has been surprisingly pleasant, mainly consisting of conversations about the experiences and interests of myself and the interviewer. and that actually makes the thought of a strengths/weaknesses question all the more hilarious: i couldn't even imagine an interviewer changing gears and asking me a super serious yet laughably tactless question like that with a straight face.

"Tell me exactly how you manage your time with everything you do during the day, from waking up to going to bed."

I gave a rubbish answer (no call-back), but should've taken the time to go into excruciating detail about my least pleasant personal habits throughout the day and evening. I don't ever want to work for a guy who fancies himself as the master of my 'waking up to going to bed' existence.

"Tell me exactly how you manage your time with everything you do during the day, from waking up to going to bed."

I gave a rubbish answer (no call-back), but should've taken the time to go into excruciating detail about my least pleasant personal habits throughout the day and evening. I don't ever want to work for a guy who fancies himself as the master of my 'waking up to going to bed' existence.

Ha - it was maddening when I went through OCI because of stuff like this. I had a couple of interviews where it didn't go well because an attorney was a total asshat and either asked the same question 3 times (apparently, he really wanted to know WHY I wanted to work for Firm X, completely ignoring the fact that Firm X is a bad firm in my market and no one really makes Firm X a first choice) or questions like you got. At the time, I just came up with whatever answer I could to keep the interview going. But after the fact, I kept coming up with snarky comments that I could've said instead.